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Subject: punk poetry
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Date: Wed, 16-May-84 00:00:48 EDT
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Concerning "Punk's Anthem":  You might like to add this poem to your
canon.  It was written 1957 or 1958 by Gwendolyn Brooks, and published
in her book "The Bean Eaters" in 1960.


We Real Cool
-- ---- ----

   The Pool Players.
   Seven at the Golden Shovel.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

     Gwendolyn Brooks


(Transmitted by Gordon Fisher)